Olympics - Out of the 'bubble': foreign journalists grumble at no-reporting tour

A member of the media has his temperature taken during an escorted and controlled tour for media representatives, ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan, July 19, 2021. REUTERS/Molly Darlington

TOKYO (Reuters) - Foreign reporters covering the Tokyo Olympics were surprised to learn that what they thought was a chance to report outside their media "bubble" turned out instead to be a socially distanced sightseeing tour.

Hoping to step out and report on the Tokyo beyond the Games, they were on Monday instead ferried by harried organisers from one empty tourist spot to another for two hours.